The Boss of You is for sale at Amazon.com and many other independent bookstores all over the country.
Last spring I was lucky to get the chance to meet Lauren Bacon and Emira Mears who were just starting to interview small business owners about their business and learning how to start it, run it, maintain, grow it, etc. After an hour long interview I came away feeling convinced that I didn't have anything to add for them that would be useful. Then the book hit store shelves at the beginning of May, 2008. I was lucky enough to get a free copy and I knew that they'd included at least a mention of me in the book. I had no idea what it was, so I was incredibly shocked and surprised to see that they'd actually included several quotes from me in the book, and a sidebar. I was touched and amazed and awed. But more importantly, since reading the book I've been really reconsidering how I think about my business. I've been reevaluating everything from the ground up. And I'm glad that I have because I've come to some serious forks in the mental road, so to speak. And this book has helped me to develop more questions and narrow down what some of the possible answers are. And I'm beyond grateful. So grateful, in fact, that I've purchased a copy of the book from Women and Children First (a feminist bookstore in Chicago) and will be giving it away to a commenter who answers the question asked at the end of this post on my own site. So if you're interested in starting a business, have just started one and still have a lot of questions, or even if you've been running a business for several years but need something to think about, go leave a comment on my blog. You may be the lucky winner of the best business book I've come across.Labels: book, giveaway, poise.cc, thebossofyou